Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: when handling percpu_pagelist_fraction, use on_each_cpu() to set percpu pageset fields.

[Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>]

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com> wrote:

>
>> I also wonder whether there could be unexpected interactions between ->high
>> and ->batch not changing together atomically. For example, could adjusting
>> this knob cause ->batch to rise enough that it is greater than the previous
>> ->high? If the code above then runs with the previous ->high, ->count
>> wouldn't be correct (checking this inside free_pcppages_bulk() might help on
>> this one issue).
>
> You are right, but that can be treated in  setup_pagelist_highmark()  e.g.:
>
> 3993 static void setup_pagelist_highmark(struct per_cpu_pageset *p,
> 3994                                 unsigned long high)
> 3995 {
> 3996         struct per_cpu_pages *pcp;
>                 unsigned int batch;
> 3997
> 3998         pcp = &p->pcp;
>                 /* We're about to mess with PCP in an non atomic fashion.
>                    Put an intermediate safe value of batch and make sure it
>                    is visible before any other change */
>                 pcp->batch = 1UL;
>                 smb_mb();
>
> 3999         pcp->high = high;

and i think I missed another needed barrier here:
                  smp_mb();

>
> 4000         batch = max(1UL, high/4);
> 4001         if ((high/4) > (PAGE_SHIFT * 8))
> 4002                 batch = PAGE_SHIFT * 8;
>
>                pcp->batch = batch;
> 4003 }
>

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